The Truth About Cars

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

The seller's aunt has had this car for over 20 years and there are 169,000 miles on the clock. Its sale is part of an estate sale. This ride is in Oregon and the asking price is $3,000. Today's UCOTD is a 1991 Volvo 240 that's the proverbial "driven only to church" car. Just sayin'. Image: Seller] Become a& TTAC insider.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 26, 2024

Daimler Truck North America ( DTNA ) has announced that its electric Freightliner eM2, which went into series production at its Portland, Oregon, facility at the end of last year, is now being distributed to US customers. The Freightliner eM2 has typical ranges of 180 miles for Class 6 and 250 miles for Class 7.

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Baua Electric

MAY 10, 2024

Daimler Truck North America (DTNA), headquartered in Portland, Oregon, is in the process of expanding use of electric trucks to transport components to its manufacturing plants and parts distribution centers (PDCs) in North Carolina, South Carolina, Arizona, Ohio, Michigan and Saltillo, Mexico.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 1, 2009

The City of Hillsboro, Oregon plans to deploy 16 Coulomb Technologies ChargePoint Networked Charging Stations for plug-in and electric vehicles. The charging stations, available for public use, are part of the city’s large-scale sustainability and green movement.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

September 2020 marks one year of Daimler Trucks and Torc Robotics partnering as a team after the US based automated driving technology company became part of Daimler Trucks’ Autonomous Technology Group. Earlier post.). Partnering with Torc has created a unique and even more powerful team of innovators at Daimler Trucks.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 19, 2024

The 2016 Ford Focus RS has been beloved around these parts for being fun to drive. There are 21,700 miles on the car, which has the standard wheels and a moonroof. The ask is $38,000 and the car is in Portland, Oregon. Today we feature a low-mileage example out of the Pacific Northwest.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2020

per mile to fuel an electric vehicle; by comparison, the national average cost to fuel a gas vehicle is double at $0.06 As part of the study, Self Financial found that the average annual insurance cost for a non-electric vehicle is $1,232, compared to $1,674 per year for their greener counterparts.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 6, 2016

As an official accessory, AeroVironment’s 32A (a slight boost up from the 30A models in the rest of the EVSE-RS range ) charging station will be labeled with its own GM part number and will be available through Chevrolet dealerships. General Motors Company has named AeroVironment, Inc.’s

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2022

Portland, Oregon, Denver, Colorado, Columbus, Ohio and Austin, Texas. Although Mercedes-Benz will focus more strongly on its core business in the luxury segment, car sharing will remain an important part of urban mobility and an essential element in the mobility offer at FREE NOW. million users.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

The US Department of Energy (DOE), through its Advanced Vehicle Testing Activity ( AVTA ) at Idaho National Laboratory (INL), has completed 1 million miles of plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) testing. The eTec/Nissan project will document more than 70 million miles of electric drive vehicle operations and more than 1.8

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 6, 2012

The 2013 Honda Fit EV ( earlier post ) received a combined adjusted Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) mile-per-gallon-equivalency (MPGe) rating of 118 MPGe—the highest yet awarded by the EPA. The FIT EV’s fuel consumption rating is 29 kWh per 100 miles; EPA-rated annual fuel cost is $500. Honda Fit EV Efficiency Comparison.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 29, 2011

When complete, the network will enable electric vehicle drivers to travel 276 miles of I-5 between Washington’s borders with Oregon and Canada. The State of Oregon also chose AeroVironment to extend the West Coast Green Highway charging network to the Oregon/California border.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 15, 2024

billion to build Nevada’s Thacker Pass lithium project, one of Washington’s largest investments to date in the mining industry as part of a push to boost domestic production of critical minerals for the energy transition. The loan, announced by the company on Thursday, is a key part of U.S. to close Thursday at USD 5.99.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 21, 2012

The program is a prelude to the limited retail market launch of the Fit EV with customers in California and Oregon this summer. As part of the Honda Electric Vehicle Demonstration Program, Honda will test the Fit EV with Google Inc. City of Torrance gets its Fit EV. Click to enlarge.

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Baua Electric

MAY 28, 2024

cubic feet behind its rear seats, travels 261 miles on a full charge and scoots from zero to 60mph in 6.7 cubic feet behind its rear seats, travels 261 miles on a full charge and scoots from zero to 60mph in 6.7 In well-equipped SEL trim (MSRP $38,050), the redesigned front-drive five-passenger crossover carries 25.5

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 31, 2024

Some AI embedded in the Revoy’s electronic control units does some number-crunching and the three-part truck, trailer, trailer combo then hauls off down the road, with the Revoy’s high-torque e-axle providing most of the power to accelerate the load and diesel power where it’s most efficient: on the highway. The best part, according to Revoy?

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2019

The results of a Monte Carlo analysis show an average value of life cycle global warming impacts of 202 g CO 2 -eq/passenger-mile, driven by materials and manufacturing (50%), followed by daily collection for charging (43% of impact). These results were similar to those of a larger survey done by the city of Portland, Oregon.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

billion miles every year and uses more than 180 million gasoline gallon equivalents (GGE) of fuel. In 2016, the Postal Service awarded contracts to six prime suppliers who together were to produce 50 prototype vehicles as part of the next phase of the NGDV acquisition process. Oregon Environmental Council. Environment America.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2014

A team led by researchers at Oregon State University has discovered novel nitrated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (NPAH) compounds produced by combustion sources or formed in the atmosphere that are hundreds of times more mutagenic than their parent PAHs, which are known carcinogens.

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MAY 3, 2021

A chapter in Oregon is guided by the genius of its members. Emerald Valley Electric Vehicle Association members take part in a Fourth of July parade in Eugene, Oregon. In Oregon, legislation dies if it doesn’t make it through in a particular session,” Barnhart explained. And that’s how he runs the EVEVA now.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 30, 2018

Based on 12,330 miles driven per year, the pure battery electric Nissan Leaf has lower five-year and 10-year life cycle costs than the internal combustion Hyundai Elantra and the plug-in hybrid Chevrolet Volt, even without the federal government incentive. The average Californian drives 14,435 miles every year.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2009

billion contract from independent power producer Caithness Energy to supply wind turbines and provide services for an 845-megawatt (MW) wind farm project to be located in Oregon. GE has received a $1.4 The wind farm, called Shepherds Flat, has received the majority of the necessary government permits to operate and is ready to be built.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Mr. Kulongoski wants to make Oregon the go-to state for electric vehicle production. In a flurry of electric vehicle activity, three back-to-back announcements this week have placed a spotlight on Oregon’s plans to be the friendliest state in the nation in which to build, sell and buy electric cars.

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Electric Auto Association

AUGUST 3, 2021

I was privileged to work with Elaine Borseth in the very active San Diego EAA chapter, EV Association of San Diego , as well as on the Board of the EAA, and was well aware of her legacy of long road trips, both across the country, and more recently, along the Oregon Coast. What would it be like to drive all those miles solo?

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Clean Fleet Report

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

Fiat stopped selling the Cinquecento, or 500e, in the United States (in reality California and Oregon only) in 2019. We reviewed the last year of this small but fun EV, noting its limitations, not the least of which was an 84-mile driving range. seconds to 60 miles per hour, and a 410-mile driving range. Genesis X EV.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2009

Geologists at Columbia University’s Earth Institute and the US Geological Survey have mapped some 6,000 square miles of ultramafic rocks at or near the surface in the US that have the potential for sequestering more than 500 years of US CO 2 production. Some also occur in the interior, including Montana.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2009

As part of the agreement, Nissan and its partners will develop plans to promote a charging infrastructure for EVs, as well as the deployment, operation and maintenance of a charging network. and Seattle.

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EV Connect

JUNE 27, 2022

Background Focused on the production, transmission, and distribution of energy, Avista Utilities provides electricity to nearly 403,000 customers and natural gas to about 369,000 customers across 30,000 square miles and four northwestern states, including Washington, northern Idaho, and parts of southern and eastern Oregon.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2015

The modular configuration is a part of Proterra’s approach to electrifying mass transit routes across the United States. Proterra has demonstrated that this option can travel more 700 miles in 24 hours. This system can be recharged on-route in less than ten minutes at a 500kW charge rate.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2011

The Minnesota Department of Transportation (Mn/DOT) will recruit 500 people from Wright and Hennepin counties to take part in research to test technology that could someday be used to collect a mileage-based user fee (MBUF) in lieu of a gasoline tax. The GPS display may be mounted on the dashboard of any vehicle.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

American Honda will begin leasing the Fit EV to customers in select California and Oregon markets next summer, and will expand to six East Coast markets in early 2013. Honda anticipates a combined city/highway EV range of 76 miles (122 miles) on the new Fuel Economy labels.

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Clean Fleet Report

APRIL 12, 2022

The BZ4X will be sold throughout the world, but in America it will be first offered (April 2022) in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington. Driving Range: XLE: 252 miles; Limited: 242 miles. Battery Eight years/100,000 miles.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Rivian, despite a near-$100 billion market cap, has miles and years to go to become “the next Tesla,” the unfortunate albatross that gets hung from the neck of many electric vehicle newbies. But for proof, the R1T successfully completed the TransAmerica Trail, a roughly 5,000-mile gauntlet from North Carolina to the Oregon coast.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2015

Daimler Trucks North America’s (DTNA) SuperTruck program has achieved 115% freight efficiency improvement (gallons of fuel consumed per ton of goods moved per mile traveled)—surpassing the Department of Energy (DOE) program’s goal of 50% improvement and exhibiting the best results of all reporting OEMs. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.)

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Clean Fleet Report

JANUARY 3, 2023

For a comparison, we did have the opportunity to drive the 2022 Subaru Forester Wilderness (smaller and lighter than the Outback Wilderness) through the Oregon mountains on some loose rocks and gravel, washboard roads and even deep ruts. Basic – Three years/36,000 miles. Powertrain – Five years/60,000 miles.

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The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Meanwhile, the parts of the country that weren’t prioritizing expanding charging infrastructure or interested in backing California’s vehicle mandates saw the needle moving in the opposite direction. Those states are California, Colorado, Massachusetts, Washington, Oregon and Maryland. percent witnessed in June of 2022.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2016

In 2013, the Governors of eight of the ZEV states (including California, Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, and Vermont) signed a Memorandum of Understanding to place 3.3 This policy option would also increase TZEV (plug-in hybrid) performance requirements to a minimum 20 miles real world range.

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